Overview
Maria Jacqueline Nieto,MD,MSc is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at The Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell where she specializes in treating patients with benign and malignant hematological conditions.
Dr Nieto is board certified in Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology. Dr Nieto's clinical focus is on myelodysplastic syndromes, myeloproliferative disorders, and lymphomas. She is particularly interested in the care of the elderly with hematological malignancies, evaluating treatment disparities in cancer care, and optimizing cancer and palliative care at the end of life. She is co-investigator on multiple clinical trials focused on the treatment of patients with hematological malignancies. Dr Nieto has a Master of Science degree in Clinical Research from New York University.
Dr Nieto is an active member in the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Hematology and is fluent in Spanish.
Dr. Nieto is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Testicular Yolk Sac Tumor. Her top areas of expertise are ALK-Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC), Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma, Bone Marrow Aspiration, and Tissue Biopsy.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 7 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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- HMO
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- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
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Locations
450 Lakeville Road, Entrance B, Lake Success, NY 11042
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Nieto has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
Northwell Health Center For Advanced Medicine, RJ Zuckerberg Cancer Center
Veena John, MD, is the System Head for GYN/Medical Oncology for the Northwell Health Cancer Institute and an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Board certified in Internal Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology, she maintains an active practice caring for patients with gynecologic cancers where she focuses on providing compassionate, personalized, evidence-based multi-disciplinary care. In conjunction with physicians in Surgical Oncology, she pioneered a multi-disciplinary team approach for gynecologic oncology patients at the R.J. Zuckerberg Cancer Center where her practice is based. Dr. John is a highly experienced principal investigator for industry sponsored Phase I, II and III clinical trials in gynecologic oncology. She is the site principal investigator for the NRG cooperative group for the Northwell Health Cancer Institute and co-chair of the protocol review monitoring committee. Dr. John earned her medical degree from Christian Medical College in India, where she also completed her internal medicine internship. She completed her internal medicine residency at Flushing Medical Center and fellowship in hematology and medical oncology at North Shore University Hospital. She is an active member of the Society for Gynecologic Oncology, Society for Immunotherapy in Cancer, American Society of Clinical Oncology and American Society of Hematology as well as a member of the Ovarian Cancer committee for the national Gynecologic Oncology Group. Dr. John is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Testicular Yolk Sac Tumor. Her top areas of expertise are Ovarian Cancer, Endometrial Cancer, Testicular Yolk Sac Tumor, Malignant Mixed Mullerian Tumor, and Salpingo-Oophorectomy.
Msk Harrison
Rachel Grisham is an Oncologist in West Harrison, New York. Dr. Grisham is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Testicular Yolk Sac Tumor. Her top areas of expertise are Ovarian Cancer, Endometrial Cancer, Ovarian Carcinosarcoma, Liver Embolization, and Salpingo-Oophorectomy.
Msk Monmouth
Jason Konner is an Oncologist in Middletown, New Jersey. Dr. Konner is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Testicular Yolk Sac Tumor. His top areas of expertise are Ovarian Cancer, Endometrial Cancer, Malignant Mixed Mullerian Tumor, Virilizing Ovarian Tumor, and Salpingo-Oophorectomy. Dr. Konner is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
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- Advanced
- ALK-Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (aHUS)
- B-Cell LymphomaDr. Nieto isAdvanced. Learn about B-Cell Lymphoma.
- Lung AdenocarcinomaDr. Nieto isAdvanced. Learn about Lung Adenocarcinoma.
- Non-Hodgkin LymphomaDr. Nieto isAdvanced. Learn about Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.
- Pleuropulmonary BlastomaDr. Nieto isAdvanced. Learn about Pleuropulmonary Blastoma.
- Experienced
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)Dr. Nieto isExperienced. Learn about Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL).
- Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia with Maturation
- Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia without Maturation
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)Dr. Nieto isExperienced. Learn about Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).
- Acute Promyelocytic LeukemiaDr. Nieto isExperienced. Learn about Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia.
- AgranulocytosisDr. Nieto isExperienced. Learn about Agranulocytosis.

